Expression of nifH genes by diazotrophic bacteria in the rhizosphere of short form Spartina alterniflora

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 411-417

  Brown, Michelle M ^a   Friez, Michael J ^b   Lovell, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diazotroph; nifH; Nitrogen fixation; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Salt marsh; Spartina

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN NIFH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; NITROGEN FIXATION; RHIZOSPHERE; SALTMARSH;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRASS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOSPHERE; VIBRIO;

DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO AFRICANUS; DESULFOVIBRIO GIGAS; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO DIAZOTROPHICUS;

EID: 0037375045     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(02)00447-6     Document Type: Article

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